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Florida Water is a 19th century formula for a commercially-prepared cologne that blends an array of floral essential oils in a water-alcohol base. The name refers to the fabled Fountain of Youth said to have been located in Florida. Although Florida has the word "water" in the name, it should be noted that it is actually alcohol-based Cologne -- unlike such products as Willow Water, Rose Water, and Orange Water, which are made from distilled water with added botanical fragrances.
Florida Water is widely used in rituals of home protection and spiritual cleaning, to scent bowls of water set out for the spirits of the dead, as a basis for making an ink-dyed scrying water, and for other ritual and cosmetic purposes among people of African-diaspora descent in the United States and the Caribbean. The specific blends of essential oils found in Florida Water used to vary from maker to maker so there is no "one and only" way to make up these mixtures.
